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December 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
🧵 Episode 5 of season 1 of #HeatedRivalry is the best piece of television in modern time.

Not hyperbole.
Not fandom exaggeration.
Just craft, restraint, and emotional intelligence at a level most shows never reach.
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
September 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters is the perfect case study in the new politics of lying.
A man tasked with leading education in the worst-ranked state in the country spends more time peddling culture wars than fixing classrooms.

Full article:
The New Politics of Lying
Ryan Walters and the No-Shame Conservative Playbook Walters’ Wild Accusations and a “Naked Truth” Scandal Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, a rising star in hard-right politics, has found himself at the center of a bizarre scandal – and his response epitomizes a new brand of conservative politics unencumbered by truth. In
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August 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sydney Sweeney registered Republican in June 2024.
Yes…after the indictments.
After the insurrection.
After the “Make 60 Great Again” hoedown.

Let’s talk about her… and the other celebs who saw the flames and said, “Yeah, let’s pour more gas on this.”
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August 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How do regular people even afford child care in the U.S.?


Short answer:

They don’t.


They patchwork it. Delay dreams. Quit jobs.
And somehow keep going.


Let’s talk about the culture of expensive child care—and what it’s doing to families.


#NeonYolk #TheCultureSection
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August 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🧠 The Empathy Gap: Why We Love Animals but Turn Away From People

#TheCortex #NeonYolk
July 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🎬 Binge-Watching the Meh

Once upon a time, shows & movies had to be good to get made. Now? It just has to exist.

Here’s how the flood of content is killing craft—and why we desperately need art programs (and a little backbone).

#NeonYolk
July 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🧵 2025: The Year the “Family Values” Lie Fell Apart

#TheShell #NeonYolk #TheNeonYolkTimes
July 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
U.S. Media Reconsiders Neutrality Amid a War on Knowledge
The era of both-sides journalism is dying. And for good reason.
Major news outlets are finally naming what we’re up against.

#NeonYolk #FreePress
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July 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Race? Ethnicity? Nationality? 🤯 If these terms scramble your brain, you're in the right place. Let's unscramble them #TheYolkBox style with a fun activity! 🧵👇
July 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
🎭 CULTURE THREAD
Straight men have become the top stars of gay porn—without identifying as gay, participating in the culture, or paying a single community due.
Let’s talk about appropriation, attraction, and the impact on queer identity.

#NeonYolk #TheCultureSection
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July 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In a world that feels like it’s burning, one viral video quietly asked:
“What if we kept our hearts open anyway?”
Let’s talk about the psychology of kindness, how softness is not weakness—
and how optimism can literally heal.
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#TheCortex #NeonYolk
July 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Facts vs. Feelings: The New Conservative Reality
In Jubilee’s latest video, Mehdi Hasan “debates” 20 far-right conservatives.
But this wasn’t education. It was propaganda dressed as discourse.
🧵👇
#NeonYolk #Surrounded
July 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎯 TRUMP SUPPORTER SHOWDOWN 🎯

Can you guess which celeb, brand, or org backed Trump?

50 wild matchups. Only one MAGA per question.
Some are obvious. Some will slap you in the face.

Take the quiz:

#theyolkbox #neonyolk
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July 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
America tried to flatten all of us into one cultural type—and now we’re living inside a reality show with bots in the writers’ room.

Let’s talk monoculture, media, and why fear keeps trending.

#NeonYolk #CultureSection #UnitedStatesOfMonoculture
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July 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🇺🇸 Voices of Regret: Former Trump Supporters Speak Out in 2025
They wore the hat. They cast the vote.
But now, even they are saying:

“This isn’t what we signed up for.”
🧵 #NeonYolk #TheStickyNotes #TrumpRegret2025
July 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The psychology of the Trump supporter isn’t about facts. It’s more about identity, resentment, and the belief that cruelty is justified if it protects whiteness.

We researched the 2025 Trump presidency… here’s what we found.

#TheCortex #NeonYolk #TrumpCult
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July 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump’s Cowardice and the Epstein Files:
A Scam to Distract America

He promised transparency. He delivered silence.
Here’s how Trump’s team buried the Epstein files—and why Americans must demand the truth.

🧵👇 #NeonYolk #EpsteinCoverUp
July 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
✝️ Faith Didn’t Fail Me… Religion Did!
Some truths don’t need a pulpit. Just space to be said.
#StickyNotes #NeonYolk #FaithNotFear
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July 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
James Gunn’s Superman is going to upset fragile men—and that’s why it works.

It gives us something we haven’t seen in a long time:
• A flawed, feeling, human hero.
• No nihilism. No edge-lord trauma porn.
• Just a good man trying.

#NeonYolk #Superman
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July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What if the “male loneliness epidemic” isn’t universal—but ideological? What if it’s mostly about straight-white-bigot-men choosing hate over community?
A thread about willful isolation, toxic masculinity, and the cost of withdrawal:
#NeonYolk #MentalHealth #TheCortex🧠
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July 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
✊✨ Who said it:
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty”?

A) Harry Belafonte
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
D) Dolores Umbridge (😬)

Drop your answers. Bonus points if you tell us what your resistance motto is.

#NeonYolk #TheYolkBox #TriviaDrop #QuoteGame
July 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic denied Voldemort’s return, rewrote education, hunted the vulnerable & punished dissent.

In 2025 America, we’re living the muggle version.
The Trump admin isn’t governing—it’s bulldozing.

Let’s talk about the parallels.
#NeonYolk
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July 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and attempted killing of Sen. John Hoffman by Vance Boelter isn’t isolated—it’s emblematic. When political fervor mirrors cult behavior, violence and terror follow. #NeonYolk
June 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM